Stellenwert der kontrastmittelunterstützten SonographieDeskriptive Auswertung von n=66 Thoraxwand- und n=40 Mediastinalprozessen
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Contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is already well estabilshed in the
diagnosis of liver lesions. This retrospective Study investigates the value of
contrast enhanced ultrasound as a diagnostic tool for lesions of the thoracic wall
and for mediastinal tumors. The aim was to reveal criteria that will allow to
differentiate between malignant lymphoma, malignant non-lymphatic Tumors
and benign lesions as well as between malignant and benign lesions.
40 patients with mediastinal tumors (5 benigne, 25 lymphoma and 10 nonlymphatic
tumors) and 66 patients with tumors of the thoracic wall (24 benigne,
8 lymphoma and 34 non-lymphatic tumors) were included. CEUS was
performed on all of these patients using the following criteria: 1. time to contrast
enhancement (TE) of the tumor, 2. extent of contrast enhancement (EE) in the
arterial and the parenchymal phase (determined as isoechoic, hypoechoic and
anechoic), 3. homogenity of contrast enhancement (HE) (homogeneous versus
inhomogeneous). For evaluation of EE and HE the tissue enhancement of the
spleen was used as an «in-vivo-reference». A second generation contrast
agent, SonoVue ® (Bracco SpA, Milan, Italy) was used.
Using these criteria no significant difference could be seen for malignant and
benigne lesions of the mediastinum as well as for the thoracic wall regarding
TE, EE and HE.
A subgroup analisis oft he mediastinal lymphomas could not show a differece
between Hodgkin-Lymphoma and Non-Hodgkin-Lymphome too.
Regarding the lesion of the thoracic wall 12 (50%) of the benigne lesions and
only 2 (5,9%) of the malignant lesion showed no contrast-enhancement. This
was a high significant difference (p<0,001). The negative predictive value was
0,86. That means that a lesion of the thoracic wall with absence of contrast
enhancement has a presumption of 86 % to be not malignant.
Summing up contrast enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) is not able to differ the
etiology of mediastinal Tumors. In the diagnosis of chest wall lesions
characteristic pattern of the different etiologies could not be found. But there is a
possibility to differ between benign and malignant Tumors.
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Created: 2012Issued: 2012-12-18Updated: 2012-12-18
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Medizin
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Philipps-Universität Marburg
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ger
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Keywords
CEUSCEUSSonovueUltrasoundChest wallMediastinum
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MediastinumMediastinaltumorKontrastunterstützte UltraschalldiagnostikUltraschalldiagnostikBrustwand
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610
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Schulte, Frank: Stellenwert der kontrastmittelunterstützten SonographieDeskriptive Auswertung von n=66 Thoraxwand- und n=40 Mediastinalprozessen. : Philipps-Universität Marburg 2012-12-18. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17192/z2012.1032.
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